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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1918
Page
3
A wartime exhortation stresses that U S stands for you and me, urging all Americans to support the war effort. The message by Chas E Duffie calls on men and women to endure sugar shortages, hard work, and taxes, reminding readers that unity wins the war.
The Diller Shipping Association shipped a car load of hogs to the St. Joe market on Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Chas Wehling welcomed a baby boy born Sunday November 17 at their home one mile north and half a mile west of Lanham.
Miss Gladys Smith and her uncle Dr C C Diehl visited here with family and returned Sunday to Fairbury.
Howard B. Smith former superintendent of Diller schools and his wife visited relatives near Steele City during a return trip to Lincoln. They spent a day touring local schools and calling on old acquaintances.
The notice extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a superior medicine that has earned global fame and enormous sales from its modest start. It asserts that exceptional merit is required for long standing esteem and widespread recognition.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wrigley and daughter Edyth met the remains here and attended the funeral of their son and brother in law, daughter and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harvey were buried Saturday in Harbise cemetery then stayed with Diller friends and returned Sunday to Lincoln.
A fragmented notice requests the return of tin shears and related parts from C H Wright and Sosa oat. The message asks whoever has the items to return them, as they are needed, signed by Waggoner Bros.
The ad claims indigestion causes restlessness and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets taken after supper to improve sleep. It notes a quarter cost and promises quicker rest.
The supper planned by the ladies of the Christian church in the basement of the M E church was postponed from last Saturday night to tomorrow night due to the storm.
Rex Green and Claude Cavett traveled to Lincoln on Friday. They faced rain and mud on the return trip. Claude came back by train on Saturday while Rex drove the car home, reaching their residence around ten o'clock that night.
Mrs. M. P. Harwood of Auburn New York writes that after two years of indigestion headaches and a torpid liver she began Chamberlain’s Tablets and in a short time the disorders were corrected. She reports two bottles restored her health and asks others to try the remedy.
Geo E Kimmel of Fairbury formerly in the jewelry business came to town Monday and Tuesday to repair safe locks clean and oil time clocks on vault doors at Diller banks He covers a large territory and is on the go most of the year returning home only briefly since spring.
Will Maupin argues the low 18 bushels per acre in Nebraska reflects a dry season not soil fertility. He notes Nebraska led in corn per capita over the previous decade, but diversification into wheat, alfalfa, oats, sugar beets, and potatoes reduces reliance on corn.
There is more Catarrh in this area than other diseases and local remedies fail. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio is a constitutional remedy taken internally. A hundred dollar reward is offered for any cure failure, urging readers to bend for circulars and testimonials. Bold by druggists. Hall's Family Pilla for constipation.
The note calls for an inventory of equipment before year end and ordering new parts or machinery promptly to avoid delays. It warns that coal fire related emissions could affect climate and atmospheric density, potentially altering temperatures.
An advertisement urges parents to keep Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand for croup attacks and directs careful use. It also promotes Grand Island Business College Nebraska offering bookkeeping and accounting training to prepare for bank or office work with a free catalog.
After the war, Nebraskans fear dismantling war plants will leave thousands unemployed. Officials expect a tough readjustment with financial stringency, yet Nebraska will continue producing essential goods for peacetime needs and likely avoid the deepest business downturn seen elsewhere.
Bodies of Mr and Mrs Jesse Harvey and their daughter were buried in a country cemetery after arriving on an early Saturday train. Parents Wrigley and Harvey kinfolk traveled from Lincoln and Plymouth to mourn as Oregon illness claimed all three. The couple married in 1909 and died within two weeks of each other in 1918, leaving three children and many bereaved relatives.
Burt W. Clark, born December 3 1883 in Davenport Iowa, died after influenza developed pneumonia at N P Hospital. He was an engineer for the Northern Pacific Railway and left a wife Phillis and a four year old daughter. He also leaves his parents Mr and Mrs Geo H Clark and siblings S F Clark Charley and Homer. The family resided in Auburn Washington and have the community’s sympathy.
Sheriff Rawles collected two 4th Liberty Loan bonds in Diller yesterday. A telegram announced the death of Oscar Mathias, a Diller boy who served in France and died of pneumonia overseas. Nebraska’s four sugar factories have produced about 1,200,000 sacks in a 120 to 135 day campaign, loading trains sixteen miles long with sugar. Nebraska sent more soldiers and sailors than any state and led per capita bond purchases and thrift stamps, with many Nebraskans also enlisting with Canadian contingents or credited to other states.
A column recalls William De Morgan’s hospital inspired novels and compares them to a real case of John Arthur Lewis, a memory lost agent who regains recall after a bombing. The piece reflects on how truth and art mirror each other and mentions Tennyson and Enoch Arden as literary touchstones.
A fragment recalls Has Fansom Heath's attempt at flight with optimism. The note asserts success in making a coin or token “fly,” though details and context are unclear and wording is uncertain.
British troops advance toward Mons and Boulogne across a war-torn front as a load of London Daily Mail copies is seized by soldiers and used as sandbags. Reports tell how sellers along trenches are shot while delivering papers, highlighting the paper's perilous distribution amid shellfire.
A curious figure known as the Fire Fan boasts of beating the fire company to blazes using a chemical extinguisher. He claims he will retire when a truly big fire tests his reputation.
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